Dr. James Emery White

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  Holy Week…So What? (2015) This weekend is known as Palm Sunday weekend. So what? It’s a fair question. In our culture, the significance of sacred days and times has long been forgotten. We live our lives on the surface of frenetic... Dr. James Emery White Mar 26, 2015
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  Why Give? Why do people give? That’s easy. They give from the heart, to vision. Dr. James Emery White Mar 23, 2015
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  Cultural Enemies If you are a true follower of Christ, you will have enemies. A lot of enemies. This isn’t a popular idea. Dr. James Emery White Mar 19, 2015
• Vetting Staff One of the most frequent questions I get from fellow pastors has to do with hiring (and firing) staff. As in how do you know who to hire? When do you know it’s time to let someone go? How do you evaluate... Dr. James Emery White Mar 16, 2015
• The State of the Freshman Soul A few weeks ago, the report on what is arguably the most respected annual survey of college freshmen was released. If the media picked up on a surprise headline, it was their emotional state. Dr. James Emery White Mar 12, 2015
• Should Sheep Shop? I was recently asked by another pastor how he should feel about all of the sheep swapping going around in his city. Or probably more to the point, “sheep shopping.” So, is that ever a good thing? Dr. James Emery White Mar 09, 2015
• A Return to the Medieval George Eliot once opined that “history, we know, is apt to repeat itself. So are we returning to the medieval? Yes, I believe in many respects, we are. Dr. James Emery White Mar 05, 2015
• Flowers for Gay Weddings A judge ruled that a Washington state florist who refused to provide a flower arrangement for a gay wedding “because of [her] relationship with Jesus” violated the state’s anti-discrimination and consumer... Dr. James Emery White Mar 02, 2015
• Militant Islam This past week, a high-profile White House meeting with the title “Countering Violent Extremism” went out of its way to avoid labeling acts of brutal violence by Al Qaeda, ISIS (the so-called Islamic State),... Dr. James Emery White Feb 26, 2015
• An Irrelevant Church Rob Bell, former pastor and now host of the “Rob Bell Show” on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN television network, is now maintaining that a church that doesn’t support same-sex marriage is irrelevant. Sometimes I don’t... Dr. James Emery White Feb 23, 2015
• "Not a Very PC Thing to Say" Every now and then an essay breaks out and becomes the fodder for much conversation. Such was the recent musings of Jonathan Chait in an essay for New York Magazine titled "Not a Very PC Thing to Say." Dr. James Emery White Feb 19, 2015
• Metrics that Matter If you’re like me, numbers are maddening, particularly when it comes to the church. One reason is simple: how do you gauge how a church is doing in a quantitative, much less qualitative, way? Can you chart... Dr. James Emery White Feb 16, 2015